Iridopelma is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2]
| Iridopelma | |
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| Iridopelma vanini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Iridopelma Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| I. hirsutum Pocock, 1901
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Diagnosis
editMales of this genus can be distinguished by the tibial spurs on leg 1 and 2, while females differ from most other genera by the anterior eye row, which is strongly curved forward. Avicularia and Typhochlaena both own the latter characteristics; however, Iridopelma can be distinguished from Avicularia by the spermatheca, which lacks a curvature, and from Typhochlaena by the spinnerets, which are finger-shaped.[3]
Species
editAs of March 2020[update] it contains six species, all found in Brazil:[1]
- Iridopelma hirsutum Pocock, 1901 (type) – Brazil
- Iridopelma katiae Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Iridopelma marcoi Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Iridopelma oliveirai Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Iridopelma vanini Bertani, 2012 – Brazil
- Iridopelma zorodes (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil
In synonymy
edit- I. palmicola (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Iridopelma hirsutum
- Iridopelma leporina (C. L. Koch, 1841) - Brazil
- Iridopelma plantaris (C. L. Koch, 1842) - Brazil
Transferred to other genera
edit- Iridopelma seladonium (C. L. Koch, 1841) → Typhochlaena seladonia
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Iridopelma Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1901). "LXIX.—Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidæ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
- ^ Bertani, Rogério (2012-10-23). "Revision, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850, Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901 and Iridopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae,Theraphosidae, Aviculariinae)". ZooKeys (230): 1–94. Bibcode:2012ZooK..230....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.230.3500. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3494022. PMID 23166476.
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